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This pamphlet has been created on march 2021 with Enora Bonnaudet and Myriam Leclerc—Tracy. It gives very general information on what a psychologist is, how to choose a psychologist and why start a therapy. The goal is to remove limited believes about seeing a psychologist and to ease access to students by giving basic information. In the unprecedented crisis that we are going through right now, we observed that the demand for counseling has risen. Though, this flyer can help students and young adults in Nantes reach out and seek help.
First, we listed a few reasons why one can go see a therapist. We thought it would be important to show that there is no bad reason to start a therapy, and that people who do start one are not necessarily “sick” or “mad”. Indeed, there is still a stigma associated with mental health and going into therapy. That’s why we wrote down a few reasons to decrease this idea and to open up minds.
Then we described the different types of “psy” as there are many variations and not all “psy” do the same thing. People often get confused between what a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a psychoanalyst and a psychotherapist does, so explaining their practices and roles seemed mandatory.
We also chose to give advice on how to pick the right psychologist. By searching “psychologist in Nantes” on google, a lot of results and different psychologists will pop up. It can be overwhelming to make a choice, especially if you don’t know what criteria to choose on. Hence why we added a few recommendations to help : gender, location and therapeutic currents. We only described the most common ones. Knowing a bit about the current you’d like to do therapy in can help manage expectations and look for another method if the first one did not fit.
Finally it was really important for us to write numbers and addresses at which people can get help in Nantes region. Calling to make an appointment, the first step of getting help, is sometimes very difficult. So, we add some resources at the end of the document.
Marie Lion Calvel